The 17th Annual Sidewalk Film Festival August 28-30
Sidewalk Film Festival is produced by the Alabama Moving Image Association, a federally recognized 501c3 non-profit organization with a mission to inspire, encourage and support filmgoers, the city of Birmingham and the filmmaking community. In addition to hosting the annual film festival, we host monthly networking and educational events, a monthly documentary series, short film and screenwriting competitions, manage a youth board and a variety of other year-round programs.
Tickets sales to our events cover approximately 1/3 of our annual operating cash budget, so we depend on corporate sponsors, grant-making organizations and individuals like you to survive. if you’d like to know more about supporting Sidewalk, please contact us at sidewalk@sidewalkfest.com.
Contact Dir: Alexander Jeffery RT 9 min. USA After losing the love of his life to his former best friend in high school, Dr. Jake Clearwater, O.D., has the opportunity to seek his revenge using contact lenses.
+/- Dir: Andy Irvine, Mark Snoot RT 9 min. USA A young couple examines their relationship as they await the result of a pregnancy test.
Enfilade Dir: David Coyle RT 10 min. Australia A man awakens in a white room with two doors. Each door loops into the other. The only objects within the room are a red ball and a revolver containing a single bullet. How do you escape a loop?
Hotwire Dir: Erin Brown RT 13 min. USA When the love of his life threatens to go overseas, Stan, a shy daydreamer, must become the hero of his action movie fantasies to win her heart.
Campbell's Dir: Will Cherry RT 10 min. USA Holly Weathers, a top chef in a prestigious restaurant, is tasked with serving a death row inmate's vital last meal. When an inmate refuses the meal, Holly's curiosity leads her to confront him, where she discovers that the most important things we cherish are not what she thought.
Woman of the World Dir: Allison Cook RT 11 min. USA On a visit to Los Angeles, Rachel has an encounter with a celebrity that reminds her she is right where she belongs.
Leftovers Dir: Matthew Colin Ross RT: 9 min. USA An aging writer struggles to find art in the stale scraps of his life, drawing on limited talents he cannot trust but dares not waste. He clings to a relationship gone cold, afraid that leaving her would be one too many failures.
Lines Dir: Amy Jo Johnson RT 10 min. Canada An aging beauty discovers self-worth after an appointment with a youth obsessed dermatologist.
Simon Says Dir: Jamie Sterba RT 20 min. USA Plagued by the disconcerting thoughts inside his head, a self-doubting entrepreneur begins to suspect that the thoughts may not be his own.
One Night in Aberdeen Dir: Brett Ferster RT: 24 min. Canada Over the course of a blurry night, a solitary townie and a career traveler meet and slowly learn each others' secrets. But as the clock ticks towards morning, will this pair of career loners find in each other a kindred spirit, or will this just be another fleeting night at the Super 8?
